Clockmaking - Past And Present

With Which Is Incorporated The More Important Portions Of 'Clocks, Watches And Bells,' By The Late Lord Grimthorpe Relating To Turret Clocks And Gravity Escapements

Nonfiction, Home & Garden, Antiques & Collectibles, Clocks & Watches, Science & Nature, Technology, Engineering
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Author: G. F. C. Gordon ISBN: 9781447488989
Publisher: Read Books Ltd. Publication: April 16, 2013
Imprint: Slusser Press Language: English
Author: G. F. C. Gordon
ISBN: 9781447488989
Publisher: Read Books Ltd.
Publication: April 16, 2013
Imprint: Slusser Press
Language: English

This vintage book contains a complete guide to clocking making. This text is a veritable must-have for anyone with a keen interest in clocks and watches, and includes detailed, interesting information on the history of clock making, descriptions of the inner machinations and composition of clocks, and much more besides. Although old, the information contained herein is timeless, and will be of as much utility to modern readers as it was to those contemporary with its original publication. The chapters of this book include: A history of clocks and watches, Materials, Tools, Wheels and pinions, Escapements, Pendulums, Motive power, Striking mechanisms, Lantern clocks, Long case clocks, Bracket clocks, The age of a movement, Clock hands, British clocks for export, etcetera. We are republishing this antiquarian volume now in a modern, affordable edition complete with a new introduction on the history of clocks and watches.

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This vintage book contains a complete guide to clocking making. This text is a veritable must-have for anyone with a keen interest in clocks and watches, and includes detailed, interesting information on the history of clock making, descriptions of the inner machinations and composition of clocks, and much more besides. Although old, the information contained herein is timeless, and will be of as much utility to modern readers as it was to those contemporary with its original publication. The chapters of this book include: A history of clocks and watches, Materials, Tools, Wheels and pinions, Escapements, Pendulums, Motive power, Striking mechanisms, Lantern clocks, Long case clocks, Bracket clocks, The age of a movement, Clock hands, British clocks for export, etcetera. We are republishing this antiquarian volume now in a modern, affordable edition complete with a new introduction on the history of clocks and watches.

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